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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-21
j. G.. SCHMIDT & SON.
REMOVED TO
No. zoe Main Street, Memphis, Tenn.
Manhattan Savings Bank u trust Co.
nEPOSITORA, NOTICE.

A Ia meeting of the Board Of Trustees Of
IA this Bank, held this day, interest at the
rate of percentum per annum was declared
on all deposits entitled iUdS thereto, payable on
will be credited same as any regular deposit.
All deposits made prior to the 5th day Of each
month will bear interest from the LIST.
JAMES NATHAN, Cashier.
Mnnrhia lima q 1897
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-08-20
Mark Twain on Farming.

Here, remarked the famous humoriSt,
Mark Twain, in a recent address, is a
composition I wrote on farming when
a boy. Farming is healthy work ; but
no man can run farm and wear his
best clothes at the same time. Either
the farming must cease while the new
clothes continue, or the new clothes
cease while the farming continues.
This shows that farming is not so clean
work as being Congressman or school
master, for these men can wear good
clothes if they can find money to pay
for them. Farmers get up early in the
morning. They say early birds catches
the worm. If was bird, l had rather
get up late and eat cherries in place OF
worms. Farmers don't paint their
wagons when they can help it, for they
show mud too quick. The color OF
their boots is red, and don't look like
other peoples boots, because they are
twice as big. Farmers wives have a
hard time cooking for hired men, and
the hired men find fault with the farm,
ers wives cooking. Why don't farm
ers' wives let the hired men do the
cooking while they do the finding fault.
Farmers don't get as rich as bank pres
idents, but they get more exercise. Some
ask, 'Why don't farmers run for Con
gress2' They run so much keeping
boys out of their peach orchards and
melon patches they don't have any
time to run after anything else. Il
Congress should run after farmers one
might be caught now and then. Law
yers can beat farmers at running fol
most anything. I know farmer who
tried to run line fence according tt
his notion. The other man objected
and hurt the farmer. The farmer hir
ed lawyer to run his line fence, ant
now the lawyer runs the farmers farm
and the farmer has stopped running
anything. Speaking of running re
minds me of our calf that ran away t.
the woods. There were not enougl
men in the country to catch that calf.
We turned the old cow loose into tn
woods, and she caught the calf, prov
ing the old saying, that it takes CO..
to catch thief.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-08-20
Marriages Between Cousins.
Near York .Sjlp.

This inquiry as to the effects of such
marriages on their offspring comes
is not the common belief that mar
riages between first cousins are objec-
tionable somewhat like the effect of
the moon upon planting of crops,
shrinking of meats, etc., merely coin
cidence and not caused by the moon ?
l am aware, of course, that family
traits must be more pronounced in the
children, but where both sides are
mentally and physically sound I can't
see why such marriages should have
the tendency to produce unsound chill
dren.'
Though the prejudice against such
marriages has a sounder basis than
mere superstition, their evil effects
upon offspring seem to have been exag-
gerated, except in instances where
there is family predisposition to Sc
rious disease. In 1871, when the En-
glish census was to be taken, Sir John
Lubbock, DIR. Playfair and other scien-
tific men made an effort to have statis-
tics obtained as to the prevalence and
consequences of cousin marriages, but
unfortunately they were defeated by a
Parliament which was silly enough to
treat their proposition with scornful
laughter. Afterward Mr.. George H.
Darwin son of the great Darwin, and
himself man of much scientific rep
utation, undertook an investigation on
his own account, though in compare
lively narrow field, and reached the
conclusion that, on the average, such
marriages did not produce the evil ef-
fects commonly attributed to them.
But Signor Paolo Mantegazza, pro-
fessor at Pavia, made somewhat SINH
lar inquiry in 1868, and his deductions
were that 'consanguineous marriages are,
on the whole, more unfavorable to the
offspring than Others and that the
nearer the kinship the greater the dan
GER and the more so when the kinship
is through the mother, because more
evil or good is heritable from the moth
err Mr.. Darwin himself acknowledges
that the preponderance of opinion
among the many authorities examined
by him is that the ill effects of cousin mar
riages are greater than his partial in
vestigation showed them to be. Dr.
Crichton Browne, of the West Riding
asylum for lunatics and idots, express
es the opinion that 'even healthy tenn
peraments. when common to both pa
rents, often come out as decided each
exia in the children > and he goes sc
far as to contend that no persons o.
similar temperaments ought to marry
DIR. Lander Lindsay, of Scotch asy
lum, thinks, on the other hand, thai
'the i'll effects of cousin marriages, in
Guiding insanity, are much less than re-
presented DR.. Arthur Mitchell, who
as Deputy Commissioner in Lunacy
for Scotland, made a very thorough
investigation of blood relationship ir
marriage, comes to the conclusion that
'consanguity in parentage tends to in
jure the offspring
Our Oregon friend will see, there
fore, that there is much difference o.
opinion regarding the subject about
which he consults us, and that, al
things considered, it is safer to marry
somebody else than your own cousin
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-08-20
Never Mind.
BY REV. HENRY BURTON, NJ. A,


Did you hear the angry word?
Never mind;
Let it be as never heard
Never mind
Twill but rankle in the breast,
Twill but break thy spirits rest,
Cast it from thee, that is best
Never mind.
Have you planned and toiled in vain?
Never mind;
Loss sometimes is highest gain,
Never mind;
Honor is not bought and sold,
Character is more than gold,
These are yours, a wealth untold
Never mind.
Does the night seem dark and long?
Never mind;
You can cheer it with q song,
Never mind;
Darkness always leads to dawn,
Night is but the gate of morn,
Out of griefs our joys are born
Never mind.
Does the east wind rudely blow?
Never mind;
roes the north wind bring the snow7
Never ..-;a1 ,a--as.-.-
'Twould be south, or 'twould be west,
fthy Father thought it best;
Face it, like the vane, and rest
Never mind.
Is the future all unknown?
Never mind
Thou wilt never be alone
Never mind;
Turn above the weeping eyes,
Heaven is watching through the skies,
Trust the Love that never dies
Never mind.
-Christian Advocate.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-08-20
about her waist and his face close t.

about her waist and his face close to
hers.
Nell and I have come to an under
standing. Will you give your consent
to our marriage, cousin p said Lucian,
holding his industrious sweetheart tigh-
er as she tried to slip away.
'And it's all because l couldn't help
showing that 1 am a bee, instead of a
butterfyl laughed saucy Nell, as she
hid her blushing face on Lucian's S
shoulder.
HE must have been head-over-ears
in love with her, if he could take her
in spite of her conduct i marveled Miss
Sally.
And all her cherished ideas received
a shock when she learned that Sin spite
Of should read because
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-08-20

p1-I notice. said a clergyman's
wife to her husband, 'that it is no long
er fashionable for the minister to kiss
the bride at the wedding ceremony
'Yes,' sadly responded the good man,
many of the pleasant features connected
with the wedding ceremony have been
discarded, and" whats that p de-
manded the wife, ominously. 4 mean
l mean, he stammered, that the sense
less custom of kissing the bride should
have been abolished long ago.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-08-20
"Miss'' and ssMrs.''
Good Cheer.

Some of the papers are greatly agita-
ted over the fact that many women who
write business letters fail to tell their
titles at the end of their epistles. we
are then unable say some fastidious
people, 'to address our replies properly.
How can we tell whether to say, Miss
Sarah Jane Brown or Mrs. Sarah Jane
Browne Why do not these stupid
women put Miss or Mrs. in paren-
thesis before their addresses ?
But suppose, dear sir, we do not care
a flip whether you put Miss or Mrs.
or Mr.. before the Sarah Jane Brown z
4 do not know Sarah might properly
remark, whether you are married or
not. Why should l tell you whether /
am married or not Our intercourse
is of purely business nature, and if I
sign my name Sarah Jane Brown, neith-
er more nor less, should you not take it
that that is what prefer to be called ?
Does it not look a mite petty that I
should stop and say at the conclusion
of my letter by a '(Miss)' Il am not
married, or bya Mrs. J lam married'f
What earthly business is it of anybody
outside her own private circle whether
Sarah Jane Brown is married or not p
A letter addressed to Sarah Jane Brown
will reach me, the business in it shall be
promptly and carefully done, and !
trust that Sarah Jane Brown will be al
ways respected in your mind, without
regard to her estate as married OF
single.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-08-20

npsTerrible storm that, last even
ing, George Didn't hear it, old
man. Didn't hear it? Man alive,
it thundered fit to wake the dead p
sHa, 1 thought saw lightning, but ]
didn't hear any thunder. An old
schoolmate of my wife's is visiting hel
and they haven't seen each other fol
ten years. .'-By1ehe in Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-08-20

I@ The world deals good naturedly
with good natured people.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-08-20
Miscellaneous.
Great Model Clothing House

Acme Hall which was established very few
years ago, is now by far the largest Clothing
House in Baltimore. It's rapidly increasing bus
iness has recently compelled the propretors to re-
move to the immense premises recently occupied
by the Wholesale Dry Goods House of Hurst,
Purnell & Co.
TO-ORDER DEPARTMENT.-Allth the leading
makes and novelties in woolens from this side as
we'll as the other side of the ocean shown here
These we sell by the yard, or make to your meas
ure by skilled artists who will please your taste
and fit your body. It is treat to sec the
artistic character of the work produced here.
THE MEMS DEPARTMENT shows the grand
est assortment of Suits, Overcoats and single gar
ments ever produced under one roof. Nothing
you can possibly want is omitted and everything is
warranted lower than any other house south OF
New York.
THE BOYS DEPARTMENT has always been
most interesting one but now is made complete
by adding Hats, Caps and furnishings all the
newest, lates, most choice here already and nov
elites added daily. Prices, here as elsewhere, as
THE GENTS FURNISHING DEPAnTMsr
is a new one with us, but will be marked with the
same vim and care which has made the other de-
partments so successful. All the best makes and
many manufactured expressly for us will be sold
at the lowest possible profit.
AC MI e III a LII. +
oEHM & CO., PRoPRIETORs,
and 2 w. Baltimore Street,
door west of Charles St., Baltimore
N. B.-Waiting room for ladies. Baggage
checked without cost to all visitors, buying or not
Mail orders receive punctual attention. [My.2Sy.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-08-20

n@True merit is like a river the
deeper it is, the less noise it makes.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-08-20

WIN. Ii. BOSLEY,
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-04-23
Trackcrs' amd Fruit Growers Asso.
citation.

Ameeung Of the Truckers and Fruit
Growers Association of Accomac was
held III tho Fair Ground OH Saturday,
Importance to the truckers and fruit
growers were discussed, the most prom
iuent of Which was the subject of freight
rates which are now being promulgated
III accordance with the stipulations of
the Interstate Commerce Law which
went into effect on the 5lll inst. The
committees on frci@h.S and on barrels
and packages reported communications
from Mr.. IL. Is. Cooke. general freight
agent.N. Up. 4 n. Il, X. III regard TO
freight rates,on sanIe p olncts which
seemed to be satisfactory. Ohje :tiol
MAS raised against the fleiShts OH her
ries, especially the high rate OH returned
empties; and the committee on barrels
and packages were instructed to ask for
better rates either OH berries Or return
crates. The gift crate subject which is
now being agiIated by commission
men and common carriers was discussed
in Its various phases, and IL resolutlo.
adopted to the effect, That tie AsSocla-
tion considered tile use OF gift crates rs
an additional expense to The shipper,
and that ii would sternly resist any ct
fort toward the selling OF crates with
the berries. The Association which
was organized aboutaycar ago by few
l-enterprlsing truckers and fruit growers
residing III the neighDornooa ofUIlaI
cock ard Onley station has gradual
grown, until now, the most infllentia
: truckers and fruit growers in all sec
lions of the county are embraced anon
i its membership.
:, q The Association proposes to hold
= strawberry exhibition during the con-
ing berry season, at Which premium
will he offered and every effort male t
v advance the fruit growing interests o
q the Eastern Shore The next meetin
l. will be held at Onancock on May eth, Il
e clock p. m.. when permanent ri
engagements will lie made for The straw
berry exhibition. MEMBER.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-04-23
STRAWBERRY CRATES AND
BASKETS AT FACTORY PRICES.

We are manufacturers agents for
the Delaware Patent Berry Crates
and Fruit Baskets of the various
sizes and classes, and by handling
them in CAR loads, we are enabled to
sell and deliver these goods to the
fruit growers and truckers Of the
Eastern Shore at factory prices.
In addition to the 5 bushel bas-
ket used for shipping peacbes,pears.
apples. etc, we are having a J
barrel size covered basket manu-
featured expressly for green peas,
snap beans, sweet potatoes, and all
vegetables that require ventilated
packages for transportation. A
trial will convince all OF the superior
merits of these packages, and they
are destined to supply the place of
barrels for shipping perishable veg
etables. Would advise those de-
string 70 use these baskets for
green peas to order at once, as the
crop will probably be large and we
may run short late in season. We
shall endeavor to keep supply of
crates and baskets on hand through
the berry season to supply the
trade. VIII have large orders
filed direct from factory, freight
prepaid to station desired. Prices
and terms given on application.
MoMATH, BRO. s. CO.,
OnIey station, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-04-23

would now be nothing to complain Of;
and lie las the right 10 inllct his over
seer if he fails III ms duty.
1t is useless To talk about II lax OF ~
cents on the SlC0 to fix UP roads: why
that is an enormous sun-some men IN
this county would be taxed us high us
SlCO or more for road purposes alone.
Let the labor employed in barrelllng
and handling oysters lie calle' to fiji up
the roads they help To cut up. In tllls
Il partial remedy will be found.
N" speaks more to the point, and
SAYS the present road system costs So
$40. Well. if That sum does no more
good than we sec il will cost Sl0,O0O to
make tb e slightest show on our roads
IL sum vastly too much for us to tlllllk
of f,ising. Some progress might he
made by publishing all itemlzed account
Of the expenditure OF $3.50 Where
does il go tu? Where is the work to
show for il? And What is worse yet
~ SAWS the close Of the next fiscal
wear will show an increase over Tins
amount. And This too when many pc0-
pie who Fay nothing in the way OF takes
90 scotfree of road duty. There is no
doubt HAT the present system is much
more i'll keeping with the wishes of the
people than amy proposed law Which
promises to lay eXhor6itant taXes-;lnd
relieve all labor OF IT'S share in the work,
Every change is not progress, and the
writer doubts if this is true progi ess.
True progress in this line consists IN
perfcctng the system we have. Whose
duty is thatg We have not so many
roads that there is not labor sufficient
in the county to keep them i'll repair.
MODOC.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-04-23
entertainment ut New Church.

The entertainment given in NJ. Z.
Church at New Church on 18th inst,
WAS in every way Il grand success. In
deed we have never seen anything better
of similar kind in the county-eyery
mart Of the exercises rejecting credit on
10th, actors ;lnd managers. The open.
inc address upon the destruction of
Sennacherib, by Mr.. E. B. Taylor. of
Atlantic received the careful attention
it deserved and WAS much applauded::
Tableaux representing the comforts of
bachelor and married life, showing a
contrast not very hattering to single
Llessedness were well rendered, Great
ing great merriment and eliclung
ronnds of applause. Scenes lin for
tune hunters life, especially good were
next presented but the tableaux Of Told
maids dressed in their singular costumes
had a peculiar merit which no words
from your writer can correctly portray.
We Imagined from the signs OF the
Younger damsels that The prospect of
such u fate was not Il pleasing one. The
music both vocal and instrumental de-
serve special praise, especially the solos
rendered by Miss Costn, OF iocomoke.
The amount realized was about 500,
which will be applied to the payment OF
the church debt. OBSERVER.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-04-23
n,,u,t ortne primary election.

The following candidates received the
l;gest number of votes at the primary
election held April 18th, and are hereby
ueclarel the nominees Of the Democrat
ic purity. For Commonwealth Attor-
ney, .jls. H. Fletcher, Jr.; Treasurer,
JOHN j. Blackstone; Clerk of County
Court. NJ. Oldham, Jr.; for Clerk OF Cir
cult Court, Jno d. Grant; for Commits
soner oftle Revenue, District No. /,
5. d. Fletcher; for Commissioner OF
Revenue District No. 2, William u.
Tunnel; for Sheriff, Join Ii. Wise; for
Supervisors, Pungoteague, Edward 5.
ise-I.ee, Thos. G. kellan-Metomp-
kin. D. f. White-Atlantic, VIM. ,.
Tunnel; for Justices of Peace, Pungo-
league, VIM. p. Beach, L. w: Black
stone, J. L. Walkley-Lee, Levi II.
BOgss, A. G.. Ashby, NJ. II. Higgins
Aietompkin, B. B. Ewell, John D. Wl m
brough, W. 7. Parkes- -Atlautic, .: w.
Hutchinson, l.. F. Wilson, y. !, lay
or; for Constable, Pungoteague. j; u.
Figgs-Lee, l.. j .Guhter--Metompkln,
L. NJ. Gunter-AtlanJic n. U. Taylor;
for Overseer of Poor, Pungoteague, I.
w. l}lackstone--Lce, A. j. Lilliston--
Metompkiu, S. q. Taylor-Atlantic, 5.
j. Davis. ,DonN w. BowDoIN,
County Chairman.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-04-23
Atlantic.

At the primary election on the 10th,
there was sharp electloneering between
the friends of Fletcher and Gunter, but
the former showed greater strength from
the start to the close Of the polls. More
votes were taken ut this place (95) than
at any other voting place in the district,
G.. +. Farramore has more friends here
than the vote indicates, but they be-
lieving he would he left, voted for their
preference of the other candidates. DR..
L. L. Taylor says he did not desire the
position of Supervisor and only consent
ell TO run because no one else offered
When he heard Mr.. w. S. Tunnel was
a candidate, he SAID he would withdraw.
but as he had just returned from Rich
mond he could not get word TO all the
voting places. We have an Independent
candidate, Major Davis, Ter Commits
sioner of Revenue of this parish, but
he is engaged in hopeless fight against
the old war. horse, Spencer D. Fletcher,
Let every true Democrat stand by the
nominees. ARGUS.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-04-23
Mr.. ED1ToR.-I lust want to sa

Mr.. EDIToR.-I just wantto say in
the matter of controversy between
life Long Democrat" the representa-.
tive OF the saloon, and ''.lonidab" tile
representative of local option or prOhi-
bition, tlat in discussing such issues,
Sneers and reckless statements are out
of place. y man engaged i'll either in
tellectual or physical combat never
throws mud" when lie cInput his hand
on a "rock, +" and WHEEL an individual
stops TO use the mud Of eplthets i'll Il
discussion. it is prlma facia evidence
That he has nothing else 10 use, hence
his epithcls and charges against "Joni-
dab'' is not argument. but rather an in
dication of Il cerebral vacuum in this
Temperance man's(N" head, and L
would Just remind him that it does not
take u high order OF brain to abuse d
man. y parrot could do that. IF
you haye no case, abuse the opposing
attorney is the motto of pettifoggers
the world over. JoNIDAB.
Chncoteague. April 20, 81.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-04-23
Public school Re:;ort.

Record Of attendance and scholarship
of Chincotcague high school, for ten
weeks ending April Sth:
Enrolment, Al; average daily attend
ance. fl; per cent. OF attendance, W
These scholars have not missed a day:
Isaac Hudson, Nat Kenney Will Sharp
ley, Ansley Wheaton Lewis Wheaton,,
Chlrles Wimbrongh, Josie Hill, Mamie
Hill, BERTHE Hudson, Bessie Clayville.
John Fields and Lee Hudson; tho last
three have not missed a day during the
entire term. These pupils attained the
highest rank in their respective studies:
Aritilmetic--John Birch, Will Wheal-
ton. Will Sharpley and Ezra Adams; his.
tory-.John Birch; reading-Id. Iul-
son and jamie Wheaton,: geography
Lee Hudson, Jesse Powers and Ezra
Adams: grammar-Bessie ClayvilIe, Will
Wheaton and Josie Hill; highest avi'r-
age in all studles-Lee IIuusun, VIII
Wheaton and Ida Hudson Extract
from term report: Total enrolment 56;
average monthly enrolment Is: average
daily attendance 39;per cent. of attend
ance IS; average age l3;yisits by county
superintendent lCtrustees 8.
CIIAS. S. MURRAY, Principal.
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EASTERN Shore Agricultural Fair

Pursuant to adjournment at Belle
Haven on the 2nd day of March, the E..
Shore Agricultural Fair Committee
met on the 18th of April at the Grange
Hall and completed the revision of
Fair pamphlets, premium list. &C., for
the year 1887.
Fair Will open on the S0th day of Au-
gust and continue four days.
Pamphlets will he distributed in Jnne.
Trials Of speed will he open only to Ac-
comac and northampton horses, and
irnums for same offered TO classes as
follows: minute class, 2-50, 2-40. and
free for all, Special premiums will be
given to fastest 8 year old colts. BY
this arrangement none are rule,l out by
having taken premiums in any OF The
past fairs. Mr.. Morse again offers
his liberal premiums on products raised
by the popular "Virginius."
Any one wishing TO advertise in the
Fair pamphlets will please send the
same TO secretary on or before the 18th
of May. Rate of charges for business
card notices $3.50.
GEO Fl. ADAIR, Pres.
.JNO, e. MAPP. Sec ".